A photo by Rockport’s Hal Hagy has earned a prime spot within First National Bank’s 2021 wall calendar, courtesy of the bank’s thirteenth annual Customer Photo Calendar Contest.
Fifteen…
Art
Fifteen color photographs chosen from more than 150 entries
celebrating the bicentennial and the anniversary of Belfast’s Founders Day
BELFAST — Belfast The Way It Was, a curated exhibit of paintings is on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library now through September 2020.
The exhibit was originally…
world traveler with family roots in Midcoast
ISLESBORO — Islesboro Central School (ICS) has announced a new member to the ICS family. Ouda Baxter has been hired as the K-12 art teacher.
Baxter is a multimedia sculptor and installation…
Gallery, panel discussion, play
BELFAST — Waterfall Arts announces exhibition, series of events for Harold Garde: You Are Not Alone, including never-before-seen new work from the 97 year old.
Waterfall Arts, celebrating…
PORT CLYDE — Jon Mort Open Studio 2020 “Begin Again” will take place August 1 - 16, by appointment, and presented with the greatest possible consideration of collective health and safety.
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supporting indigenous, ethnic, or rural arts programs or projects
The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Expansion Arts Fund is accepting applications from nonprofits for grants of up to $5,000 that support indigenous, ethnic, or rural arts programs or projects…
First National Bank and First National Wealth Management recently donated $3,000 to Trekkers in sponsorship of the Trekkers Art Auction 2020.
Join in on August 1 through August 8 to preview…
Jennifer Van Cor, Charles Fenner Ball, Peter Yesis, and Janis Sanders push the boundaries of color patterns
CAMDEN — Camden Falls Gallery presents “Light In The Atmosphere” featuring the works of Jennifer Van Cor, Charles Fenner Ball, Peter Yesis, and Janis Sanders. The show features works by some of…
At the beginning of the pandemic, some members of the Thompson Family held their own weekly photo challenge. “Show us your environment” was the theme.
Each week’s gallery was an assortment…
Comet Neowise captivates
ROBINSON ROCK — Photographer Peter Ralston and Wingman Richard Podolsky motored out to Robinson Rock July 21, which lies between Rockport and North Haven, to chronicle Comet Neowise, on its…
Susan Webster is one of the artists chosen to submit work for the Center for Maine Contemporary Art’s (CMCA) Biennial opening Oct. 3 in Portland. This is the second biennial show Webster has been…
programmatic, capacity-building, operating and capital support
The Maine Community Foundation’s Maine Theater Fund is accepting grant applications from local, regional, and statewide nonprofit theaters or theater groups in Maine.
Funds will be awarded…
Silent auction
BELFAST — Local artists will be turning chairs into art for a silent auction to support the Belfast Public Health Nursing Association.
The Association provides health care and other …
While its physical doors are temporarily closed, the Strand Theatre will continue to offer a weekly schedule of new release films that viewers can watch through online streaming…
Mid-Coast School of Technology graduates Andy Parmley and Emma Jordan were named winners in the 16th annual Arrive Alive Creative Contest sponsored by the Law Offices of Joe Bornstein. The contest…
building likely to be closed for several months
AUGUSTA — The Cultural Building, which was built in 1967-69 and has since housed the Maine State Archives (MSA), Maine State Library (MSL), and Maine State Museum (MSM), is closed to the public…
As with all the Georges River Land Trust preserves, the outdoor Langlais Sculpture Preserve in Cushing at 576 River Road is open to the public dawn to dusk. The woodlands, sculptures gardens and…
Salt Pond Studio will be exhibiting the paintings of young Nobleboro artist Graham Walton.
The beauty of this region's coast remains a central theme in Graham’s work. Whether he is painting…
BELFAST — “Travels With Neal,” an exhibit of photographs by Penny Linn, will be on display in the Kramer Gallery of the Belfast Free Library for the month of July.
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Georges River Land Trust has submitted the following:
As with all the Georges River Land Trust preserves, the outdoor Langlais Sculpture Preserve in Cushing at 576 River Road is…
Where it’s at
The modern abstract painting in front of me draws me into its surreal world … An oval mirror near its center draws me in. I see a figure of a woman inside it. I cannot tell if she is standing or…
PORT CLYDE — The Marshall Point Lighthouse Museum will open for the 2020 season beginning July 2. The new hours will be…
BELFAST — The Belfast Museum opened for the season on Saturday, June 13. The featured exhibit this summer is “Becoming Belfast, Maine 1770 -1820.”
Other exhibits include maritime history,…
WISCASSET — "American Artists Here and Abroad" opens at the Wiscasset Bay Gallery on Wednesday, July 1.
Many American artists came to the New England coast to capture its untamed beauty or…
UNION — The Matthews Museum of Maine Heritage, in Union, birthplace of Dr. Augustin Thompson, inventor of Moxie, will have its Moxie wing open in 2020, beginning July 1.
The exhibit will…
contest is open to anyone
Midcoast Music Academy is hosting a merchandise design competition. The…
a gifted 10 year old failing in school; a nigerian teen in inner-city London
While its physical doors are temporarily closed, the Strand Theatre will continue to offer a weekly schedule of new release films that viewers can watch through public online streaming platforms.…
‘One Friendship, Two Stories’ featuring the works of Roberta Goschke and Olena Babak
Camden Falls Gallery has submitted the following information:
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Third Thursday Camden Art Walk for Camden Falls Gallery will take place virtually.…
‘in appreciation for their extraordinary efforts’
WALDOBORO — Graduates of Medomak Valley High School’s class of 2020 will become some of the first members of The Waldo when it reopens later this year after extensive renovations to the 1936…
Studio 53 is proud to present “Don Justin Meserve: Sculpture Retrospective 2020,” an exhibition of over 40 works which reveals not only Don’s mastery of stone but also his prolific use of wood,…
Art and our Natural Environment
LIBERTY — Liberty Graphics T-shirts has announced the winner of their 22nd Annual art contest titled “Art and our Natural Environmen.”
This $1,000 scholarship art contest is open to all…
CAMDEN — Last week, members of the First Congregational Church of Camden Care Team delivered 634 festively adorned “cheer bags” to the four Camden congregate care facilities for all residents and…
Arts In Rockland has submitted the following statement:
Arts In Rockland have been organizing Rockland's Art Walks for over a decade, helping make them a well-established and…
Lifting up local artists, performers, musicians, chefs, makers and creators
BELFAST—The town of Belfast has come together to help the very artists, chefs, and creatives that give the town its vibrancy and life.
During the COVID-19 crisis, the hardest hit…
projects and organizations that promote traditional handcrafts
The Belvedere Traditional Handcrafts Fund of the Maine Community Foundation is seeking applications. The fund supports projects and organizations that promote traditional handcrafts throughout the…
searching for paintings that show what is no longer
The Belfast Free Library is calling for submissions of paintings that represent Belfast in the past for an exhibit in the Kramer Gallery August through September 2020. The exhibit will be curated…
Maine Photography Show
The hypnotic gaze of the red fox in the Best of Show photograph will stay with you long after you stop looking at it … Its windblown chest hair says it is a frosty day and the falling snowflakes…
The Maine Photography Show awards were announced Saturday, April 4!
The juror…
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we regret to announce that the opening reception for the 15th annual Maine Photography Show (MPS) , scheduled for Saturday, April 4, is cancelled.
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Where It’s At
One morning last May, Suzi Thayer woke up thinking about her first love. No, it wasn’t a person, a place or the Mary E even … it was painting. Her art.
“I’d left it in the dust for…
opinion
My wife and I are from Richmond, Virginia, but have been visiting and vacationing in Maine for many years, mostly for camping, hiking, and trips up to and through the north woods.
The last…
Medomak Arts Project has provided the following statement:
It grieves us to announce that our Board agreed to cancel all March activities at Medomak Arts Project for the sake of…
ROCKLAND — Belfast collage artist Deborah Stevenson returns to teach a Coastal Senior College course at UMA Rockland Center for six Tuesdays, beginning on April 7, from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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Oceanside’s Art Club holds first art exhibition at Rock City Coffee March 6
ROCKLAND—Oceanside’s Art Club President Jose Perreira wants people to know that art isn’t just a class at school. It is a necessary form of communication.
Perreira, a senior, founded the…
UNION — The March Art Exhibit at Vose Library features "Turned-Bowls from Local Wood" by artist and boatbuilder Stephen Tofield, of Union.
Tofield uses mostly unseasoned Maine grown timber…
CALL TO ARTISTS!
BELFAST — Maine artists, 50 years of age and above, are invited to enter one piece of their work in the 18th Annual Senior College Festival of Art, to be held at the University of Maine Hutchinson…
Waterfall Arts Young Artists Gallery Takeover reveals a window into what is meaningful
From fantastic, flying worlds to portraits of Donald Trump and Danny DeVito, the children and teen participants of Waterfall Arts’ Young Artists Takeover exhibition offers a glimpse into what…
the 19th Amendment’s impact on society, culture, and democracy
AUGUSTA — Maine students in grades 4-12 are invited to submit entries for this year’s Law Day contests sponsored by the Maine State Bar Association. This year’s theme is “Your Vote, Your Voice,…
Where would we BEE without Pollinators?
KNOX and LINCOLN COUNTIES — “Knox-Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District is pleased to announce – and congratulate – the winners of the annual conservation poster contest,” said KLSWCD in…
Smithsonian Magazine has designated Saturday, April 4 as the 16th annual Museum Day, an initiative in which…
